Zhu Youxiao nodded and smiled: "Then I will wait for the results of your Yuan Aiqing's commercial tax reform!"
Next.
Yuan Keli immediately invited Bi Ziyan, who was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce, Wang Sanshan, the new governor of Xichang, and Zhou Yongchun of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the cabinet, and said: "Your Majesty now promises that once the effects of the commercial tax reform are achieved, If the annual commercial tax amount is half more than the land tax amount, an edict will be issued to outlaw corvee work in the world! My Lords, I think, based on the current loan amount provided by the Ming Dynasty Bank, this condition is very easy to meet, and it can even be achieved in the first half of the year. Once it is achieved and the world is freed from corvee forever, it will really be the greatest good governance for the people since the implementation of the Two Taxes Law in the late Tang Dynasty!"
"So, my servant, in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible and accomplish a great good thing for the people of the world, I would like to ask all the gentlemen to strictly implement the business tax reform. Don't be afraid of offending others, don't go against the rules, and don't be perfunctory. Don’t be afraid of stirring up trouble, and don’t take advantage of it and do something that will easily cause you to be ransacked and skinned, and you will lose your face!”
Yuan Keli continued to speak and asked: "What do you think?"
"If the world can be freed from corvee forever, it will be a great thing for the people. Landlords, big and small, will be relieved of their burden of corvee, and land rent will also be reduced, which will help tenant farmers increase their income. The enthusiasm for reclamation will inevitably increase, and food will inevitably increase. To increase production, there has never been such good governance in the past prosperous times. It is enough to be recorded in the annals of history. What we can achieve can be regarded as living up to our lifelong ambitions. Yuanfu can rest assured. I dare not guarantee it for others, but I can guarantee that this time The Ministry of Household Affairs will never hold back on commercial tax reform! If anyone from the Ministry of Household Affairs messes up, I will definitely ask you to fire him!"
Bi Ziyan said.
Zhu Youxiao's willingness to permanently exempt the world from corvée after the commercial tax exceeded half of the land tax was indeed a shot in the arm, making the civilian gentry, that is, the important ministers who came from big landowners, more motivated to reform the commercial tax.
Wang Sanshan did the same, and said: "Please rest assured, Yuan Fu, the subordinate officials will personally keep an eye on Xichang. No one is allowed to embezzle taxes, and no one is allowed to cover for tax evaders."
Zhou Yongchun also said: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate will also keep a close eye on anyone from the Ministry of Revenue and the West Factory who shows signs of embezzlement of tax money. The Metropolitan Procuratorate will directly participate in the impeachment regardless of feelings, and will also invite Bi Ge. Don't complain, Lao He and Wang Dutang."
Yuan Keli stood up because of this: "In that case, I'll leave it to you!"
…
Chongwenmenwai Street.
The new business tax starts here.
Xichang, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate each sent a team of officials and sergeants here, and began to collect new business taxes from the first store.
Zhu Youxiao had already decreed the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce before this, and also asked the Ming Dynasty Administration College to train a group of officials who could calculate and audit accounts, in order to prepare for today's commercial tax reform.
Now, as soon as the commercial tax reform officially begins, we are naturally well prepared.
The first store to be levied the new business tax was a restaurant.
The store is not small, with three floors. It is named "Pinxiang Building". It also has an independent courtyard for the entertainment of distinguished guests. It occupies a storefront of about a hundred steps on Chongwenmen Street, where land is precious.
Anyone who looks at it will know that such a large restaurant can be opened here, and its background is naturally huge.
However, no matter how big the background is, it cannot be bigger than the imperial court.
Wai Lang, a member of the Beizhili Qing Dynasty Department of the Ministry of Commerce, came to the counter of this shop and told an official under his command, Li: "Ask their shop owners or shopkeepers if they have come to the Ministry of Commerce to register their shop property?! "
Most people in the capital also heard about the commercial tax reform through various channels.
But no one is sure how determined the court is.
Some people with backgrounds and accustomed to being domineering did not take this seriously.
At this time, the shopkeeper of "Pinxiang Tower" because he had met many high-ranking officials and his boss was a reputable person. After being called by the officials of the Ministry of Commerce, he started to treat the leader, a foreign minister from the Ministry of Commerce, Peng Qing cupped his hands and said: "My lord, you may not know that this Pinxiang Tower is the property of Cheng Anbo, and our owner is Cheng Anbo. Do you think we need to register with your department?"
"Since you haven't registered yet, you should register now and have the West Factory collect taxes. The Ministry of Household Affairs will issue a tax stamp to pay the tax! Now I will announce the policy of the new commercial tax! According to the profit situation, there are the following standards..."
Just as Peng Qing was about to take out the proclamation book and read it, he was suddenly surrounded by more than a dozen powerful slaves who rushed out and held sticks. Among them, a bearded man in a soap-colored silk robe was still behind the powerful slaves. Peng Qing shouted: "Don't be shameless! Others are afraid of you officials, but I am not. I only know that this is my master's property. As long as I am here, none of you can even think of collecting an extra cent of tax!"
boom!
At this time, Wang Sanshan really rode his horse directly here to personally supervise the collection of the new business tax. He also brought He Shixian, the admiral of the West Factory, and personally held a turtledove gun and fired directly at the bearded man.
Wang Sanshan was a man who followed Yuan Keli when he served as deputy envoy of military preparation in Liaodong and killed the Eastern captives and suppressed the rebels in the southwest. Although he was a civil servant, he liked to charge into battle more than the military generals. He was also very strong and had a turtledove gun in his head. It was like an ordinary blunderbuss in his hand. He was very familiar with it, and he was very accurate. He just shot the bearded man in the chest with one shot.
The bearded man fell directly to the ground, out of breath, with blood pouring from his chest, and his eyes widened. He did not expect that the tax collector would be so tough.
Wang Sanshan also said directly at this time: "It is clear that the owner of Pinxiang Tower does not pay attention to the imperial court and is resisting the decree. The family property should be confiscated and the owner of the family should be executed! People from the West Factory, rush in first and take these The traitors who want to stop the imperial officials from doing their jobs will be killed! Then, drive out all the customers inside! Those who do not cooperate will be shot to death for obstructing official business! And seal this store! Who is the owner of this store? Report immediately The Metropolitan Procuratorate, let the Metropolitan Procuratorate come to the court to participate in the impeachment!"
"They said it is the property of Cheng Anbo Guo Yongzuo!"
Peng Qing replied at this time.
"I will write a memorial to impeach Cheng Anbo and Guo Yongzuo for obstructing the new business tax!"
Fei Tinggui, the censor who followed, said.
Here, the officers and soldiers of the West Factory had already begun to charge at the slaves surrounding Peng Qing with knives. The slaves dared to surround Peng Qing and other officials, so they dropped their swords and ran into the building. .
But some of them did not run away and were hacked to the ground by people from the West Factory on the spot.
The shopkeeper of the restaurant was also frightened when he saw this: "This, this, how can this be so strong!"
Before the shopkeeper could continue, he was hacked to the ground by a Xichang officer and soldier.
Then, an inspector from the West Factory, Zeng Yu, who was originally the military attache of the Frontier Army Hundreds General, walked in directly holding the Guduo, smashed the Guduo on the table, and shouted: "Whoever is upstairs or downstairs , get out of here immediately! This store has been sealed off! If anyone is slow for a moment, don’t blame me for being blind!"
"Where are you from? How can you be so arrogant! I am an official in the imperial court, do you dare to chase me away?!"
Hanlin Qingliu Zhang Xuan happened to be dining with two friends from the same department in this restaurant at this time. When he saw this, he loudly rebuked them.
Zeng Yu picked up Yiguduo and walked towards Zhang Xuan, "Not only do I dare to chase you away, I also dare to kill you!"
With that said, he was about to smash this Hanlin to death.
Zhang Hanlin knelt down directly: "Spare my life! I just made a mistake, um, I'm leaving right now!"
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